Shoe.



F. (a. DELBON.

SHOE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 8. l9l5.

1,1 61,930. Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

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h e i ea i he 9- ing and buttoning effects are of permanent h c er and 1 a 'ifl ill fifil fo ba d eir la n- The in es n waitress, thst ere the rm n at th upp fr n oe ics of the h e of sud f fire il impa t i? e e t fe t of e ng i her w-. at hu tane l "and s h rin a x1e bask: of such poi-ions of theshoe a permanent pori n f the l nin of e m r of he shoe- The inventionwill be understood frpni the detailed description hereinafter w t f flr m bejnshe Q is accoinp ying drawings, n which:

F g e l'i pe peo ire View 9 a 1 constructed in accordance I embody ing my invention. slioe in thisinstan'ce being equipped with lacing features of permanent character; Fig, 2 a corresponding view of anotherform 'o'fslioe, the shoe in this instance having features"imparting a butone e fe t thereto; H s 3 s tl s ereti'o ii, partly broken away and" partly n' sec tion, of the shoe illustrated in Fig. 1', and Fig. 4 is a section on a still larger scale through the upper front portion of the shoe illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3.

in the drawings, referring to Figs. 1, 3 and 1, 10 designates the shoe as a whole having an upper portion preferably formed of two different kinds of material, as, for instance, patent leather for the part 11 and cloth or kid for the part 12. At the upper front portion of the shoe the leather of the part 11 extends upwardly to form a permanent tongue 13, and the material of the part 12 extends upon said tongue from opposite edges thereof forming imitation flaps or edge portions 14: lapping upon. the tongue 13 and preferably bound by strong silk or the like 15, this binding being continued on- Specification of Letters Batent.

' many features of the invention but,

Patented Nov. 30, 1915.

eP l e ti efilsl were 8, m5- ee; 1 1.2393- heir n mel h 1 191 9? es of the s oe section 12. v p n he o w dly rroieet ns Q fl p sections 14% arep refer ably secured byflsewing lengthwise strips '16 of, patent leather or th r at r nd in ese strips an the adjacent portions of the shoe exterior to the lining 17 thereoflareeyelet holes 18 through which a lace 1 9 threaded, theends of the lace brought together and tied adjacent to the upper edges of the flaps 14:. The lace 19 is exterior to 'the lining 17, as I illustrate in 3 and 4, and lace is permanently applied to the sho e an d serves nqspeqisl function other than to impart to the shoe the effect of the 'shoeibeingh laced'sli'oef Tlie'shoe constructed as in Figs. 1, 3 and 1' not only possessesthe merit of imitating laced shoe, also of e efi s t w r at t e fo m re nanfently set, all of the parts of theshoe beingfirmly fastened tog ether' and 'the' lining 17 by being continuous acrossthe froiit of the sho'fholding tlie'shoe upper in its" manent and proper form' or "shape? The lining l'l' also keeps the lace 19 from corimanna the stocking." V

In respect to Figs. 1, 3 and 4 the shoe illustrated therein possesses therefore the appearance of a'laced shoe' althoug h reality not a laced shoebut one ha ing'a'n inner unbrokenbr continuous front and outer per manently applied parts representing flaps laced together across'the tongue 13' which is als perm nentl s ated- In Fig. 21 illustrate a shoe embodying as distinguished from Fig. 1, having the effect of a buttoned shoe. In Fig. 2 20 designates the shoe as a whole having an upper formed of sections 21, 22, the section 21 being of suitable material, as, for example, patent leather, while the section 22 may appropriately be formed of white kid or of other suitable material.

The side portions of the section 22 extend forwardly on gradually converging lines, as at 23, and one of said portions terminates, as at 24, at one side of the longitudinal center of the shoe upper, while the forward art of the other side portion crosses over the front of the shoeand has a buttonhole 25 engaged with a button 26 which is on the portion 24. That portion of the section 22 p the shoes as, for instance,

which extendsover the front of the shoe may be termed a strap or tongue 27, and it will preferably have a binding 28 of silk or the like, said binding being continued entirely along the upper edge of the section 22. The tongue 27 may be variously shaped, and in the drawings it is shown as projected upwardly, as at 29, at the longitudinal center of the shoe and serving the purpose of a tongue, such as 13 shown in Fig. l. The shoe shown in Fig. 2 is of the same permanent character as the shoe shown in Fig. 1, the tongue 27 being sewed down to the inner adjacent portions of the shoe as well as to the section 21 and that portion of the section 22 overlapped by it. The lining 30 ofthe shoe 20 continues without break along the upper front portion of the shoe correspondingly with the lining 17 of Figs. 1, 3 and 4. The upper front portion of the shoe 20 is, therefore, ofpermanent character and will retain the predetermined shapegiven to it. The tongue 27 and button 26 impart an ornamental character to the shoe and convey the impression of a buttoned shoe, whereas in fact the shoe cannot be opened at the upper front portion but on the contrary remains permanently closed thereat.

My invention admits of various forms of ornamental front effects being imparted to the tongue 27 might extend straight across the upper front portion of the section 21 and a part of the section 21 might be extended upwardly below said tongue to create a conventional tongue, as 18, in Fig. 1. I do not desire to limit myself, therefore, to the exact details illustrated.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. A low cut shoe whose upper is in two sections, one section extending above the other at the front portion of the shoe, the upper section at the front portion of the shoe having a permanent continuous lining and exteriorly being cut to imitate a shoe having opening and closing parts and said parts being sewed down and also equipped with conventional fastening-means.

2. A low cut shoe whose upper is in two sections of contrasting materials, one section other at the front portion ofthe shoe, the

upper section at the front portion of the shoe having a permanent continuous lining and exteriorly being cut to imitate a shoe having opening and closing eyeleted parts and said parts being sewed down and also equipped with a lace threaded through said eyelets exterior to said lining.

4. A low cut shoe whose upper is in two sections, one section extending above the other at the front portion of the shoe, the upper section at the front portion of the shoehaving a permanent continuous lining and exteriorly being out to imitate a shoe having opening and closing eyeleted parts and said parts being sewed down and also equipped with a lace threaded through said eyelets exterior to said lining, and the lower of said two sections having a front tongue between saideyeleted parts and lining.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 23rd day of February, A. D. 1915.

FRANK G. DELBON. Witnesses:

ARTHUR MARION, CHAS. C. GILL.

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Washington, D. O." 

